Necktie hangers



Feb. 27, 1968 P. KOLOZSVARI NECKTIE HANGERS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Oct. 22, 1965 INVENTOR. PAUL KOLOZSVARI AGENT Feb. 27, 1968 P. KOLOZSVARI NECKTIE HANGERS -Sheet 2 2 Sheets Filed Oct. 22, 1965 v .FIG. 2

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INVENTOR. PAUL KOLOZSVARI AGENT United States Patent 3,370,715 NECKTIE HANGERS Paul Kolozsvari, 432 36th St., Manhattan Beach, Calif. 90266 Filed Oct. 22, 1965, Ser. No. 500,604 Claims. (Cl. 211-116) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Necktie hanger adapted to accommodate a plurality of neckties or other pieces of garment in four separate groups, arranged in two pairs. Each group is formed by limbs with a number of angularly bent portions, held together by a common retaining plate member which can be suspended, e.g. by way of a hook. The individual limbs are laterally spaced in each pair, and between the pairs, to facilitate the removal and replacement of neckties in any group.

The present invention relates to necktie hangers, and particularly to the kind of hangers Which is adapted to accommodate a plurality of neckties in several separate groups, each group being readily accessible for removal and replacement or storage of any of the neckties.

Numerous necktie hangers and racks became known which are made for storing a plurality of neckties or the like pieces of garment. One known rack has a number of parallel, co-planar sections which can be added to or removed from a master section for the purpose of changing the capacity of the rack. The number of neckties stored on each section is limited, and subsequent sections partly cover or obstruct the previous ones so that the user can select the appropriate necktie only with some ditliculty and by applying some dexterity.

A collapsible necktie holder has been devised which is capable of accommodating a substantial number of neckties, in relatively conspicuous and easily accessible manner; however, radially protruding arms are attached to a central disk whereby the entire structure is rather bulky. With the arms folded down, this collapsible holder occupies substantial space which is not always available in closets and the like places of storage.

Yet another development in the field of necktie hangers relates to a rigid, non-pivotable structure, made of a single piece of wire, having vertical legs with substantially horizontal cross bars between them, for storing a limited number of neckties.

It is an object of the present invention to dispense with the drawbacks of hitherto known necktie hangers and racks, such as bulkiness, difiicutly of operation, limited neck-tie storage capacity, and so forth.

It is another object to provide a novel necktie hanger adapted to accommodate a plurality of neckties in several separate groups, the neckties themselves as well as each group being separately and easily accessible.

It is yet another object of the invention to provide a necktie hanger which has but a few simple parts, is easy to manufacture and to assemble. Among the advantages and novel features of the necktie hanger according to the present invention are reasonable space requirement, flexibility in accommodating from a few up to a substantial number of neckties, and last but not least pleasing appearance.

According to one of the important features, the novel necktie hanger has an attaching means with a single retaining plate for several, preferably four, tie supporting members or limbs. Each of the limbs is pivotable out of its normal, substantially vertical position, up to the horizontal, for easily inserting and selectively removing a number of neckties in and from each limb.

According to another feature, the limbs have free inner ends somewhat shorter than the attached outer portions; the inner portions are bent outwardly from the plane in which the outer ends are pivotally attached. Owing to this configuration, it is easy to lift outwardly each of the limbs, and to grasp any of the neckties thereon.

Other objects, features and advantages of the inventive necktie hanger will become apparent from the follow ing description, when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the necktie hanger according to the invention, with one limb lifted by hand to show manipulation;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the component parts of the necktie hanger;

FIG. 3 is a transversal cross-sectional view, substantially along line 33 of FIG. 1, but with one limb raised to the horizontal position;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view, from below, of the retaining plate for the four limbs of the necktie hanger, in an intermediate manufacturing stage, before insertion of the second pair of limbs; and

FIG. 5 is a partial top view of the retaining plate of FIG. 4, with only one limb being inserted.

The necktie hanger according to the invention comprises an upper, appropriately bent hook portion 1 for suspending the necktie hanger on a horizontal rod, cg. inside a clothes closet; furthermore it has a retaining plate 2 and four necktie supporting limbs 3, forming two pairs of limbs rectilinearly aligned in pivoted relationship along the longer edges of the plate 2. In the perspective view of FIG. 1, the component parts are assembled, while FIG. 2 is an exploded view showing the parts before assembly. FIGS. 2 and 3 show a conventional snap nut 11 which is pushed over the lower end of the hook portion 1, for rotatably and non-removably attaching the latter to the plate 2.

The hook portion 1 and the limbs 3 are separately bent to shape from the same wire or bar material, on an conventional four-slide machine. Respective staked projec tions 12 and 32 are provided on the parts 1 and 3 so as to prevent their removal from plate 2 after final assembly. The hook I has preferably two juxtaposed projections 12 (see FIGS. 1 and 2), while each limb 3 has only one projection 32 (best seen in FIG. 4) for purposes to be described later in more detail. The inner, free ends of the limbs 3 are preferably fitted with plastic or similar covers or caps 4, as shown in FIG. 1. The end of hook I may also have a cap 4.

Before assembly, plate 2 is planar and has two cut-outs 21 at the long edges, and a central bore 22 for receiving the lower end of the hook portion 1, below its staked projections 12. In an appropn'ate lig, one or both pairs of aligned limbs 3 are applied to the long edges of the plate, with the projection 32 of each limb 3 just inside the side edge of the cut-out 21. The long edge of the plate 2 is then folded over the limbs, as shown in FIG. 4 for one pair of limbs; the other long edge (on the left-hand side of the figure) is only partly bent, with one limb 3 already in place. The distance of the projections 32 from the ends of the limbs 3 is the half of the length of the cut-out 21 in plate 2 so that, upon completed assembly, the limbs 3 can be partly rotated but cannot be removed from the retaining plate 2 any more. The folded-over, limb-retaining portions of plate 2 are identified by numeral 23 in FIGS. 2 through 5.

Each limb 3 has an upper, angularly bent portion 33 which has the projection 32 thereon and is retained by the folded-over plate portion 23. A substantially vertical portion 34 follows, angularly bent so as to continue in a substantially horizontal bottom portion 35 onto which 3 the neckties can be placed (see FIG. 1). The limbs 3 terminate in inner, vertically bent portions 36 the free ends of which carry the afore-mentioned caps 4. Between the portions 35 and 36, there may be an intermediate, rounded-off or angular portion (as a matter of example, the illustrated exemplary embodiment shows 'an angle of about 45 degrees between these limb portions).

In their vertically depending position, the limbs 3 have their staked projections 32 substantially in a horizontal direction, as shown in FIG. 3, right-hand side. In conjunction with the depth of the cut-out 21 in plate 2, this allows an angular movement of about 60 degrees, as shown 'at the left-hand side of FIG. 3, and identified by a.

It is important that in the limbs 3, the portions 34-36 (and the intermediate portion between 35 and 36, if any) fall within the same plane, while the upper, pivotally attached limb portion 33 is bent out of this imaginary plane by an angle of about 20 degrees, identified by b in FIGS. 1 and 5. The lines between which the angular differences are shown, are identified by dot-dash lines. FIG. illustrates how the outward bend with respect to the longer edge of plate 2 makes the terminal portion 36 of each limb 3 protrude away from the plate, allowing this portion to be easily grasped, and the neckties manipulated thereon, as shown in phantom lines on FIG. 1.

The limb portions 36 are shorter than the lateral portions 34 so that their caps 4 are spaced apart from the plate 2. The neckties can, therefore, be stored in a manner straddling both portions 36 of a limb pair, rather than placed on the portion 35 of a single limb, as illustrated. This arrangement affords a dual manner of inserting and removing the neckties in and from the necktie hanger, as against previous structures which allowed but one manner of storage.

'When no neckties or just a few are placed on the limbs, these will hang freely, by their own weight, in a substantially vertical position. As more and more neckties are added to a particular group, on one of the limbs, the latter will gradually be displaced outwardly, allowing a substantial number of ties to be accommodated with only the necessary space being taken up. The hinged attachment of the limbs, therefore, keeps the overall space requirement of the necktie hanger to a minimum. 7

The rotatable connection between the hook portion and the limb retaining plate allows the necktie hang-er to be turned, in its suspended condition, so as to reach any of the four necktie groups (they may, of course, comprise ties of certain colors or kinds). The four-part structure thus afiords a ready means of assorting neckties and of selecting the proper one at all times.

It will be understood by those skilled in the 'art that the exemplary configurations of the limbs and limb portions as disclosed herein are by no means the only possible ones, in conjunction with the novel and important features of the inventive necktie hanger, like the pivotal V attachment of the limbs onto a retaining plate or like member, and the angular, outward bend in the limbs. The lower limb portions could be given an oval or semicircular shape, Well within the scope of the present invention. Other attaching means than the hook portion shown herein could, of course, be provided without departing from the inventive scope. Details of the pivotal attachment between plate and limbs can also be modified.

It is, therefore, emphasized that the aforeg oing disclosure relates only to a preferred, exemplary embodiment of the invention which is intended to include and cover all changes and modifications of the example described within the scope of the invention as set forth in the objects and the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A necktie hanger comprising, in combination, attaching means for suspending the hanger on a horizontal rod and the like, two pairs of substantially parallel, generally vertical limbs for carrying each a plurality of neckties and the like pieces of garment in superposed rela- V 4 7 tion, and retaining means rotatably secured to said attaching means and including means individually and pivotally carrying said limbs, adjoining limbs of said two pairs being laterally spaced so as to define an outwardly pointing acute angle with respect to one another while the limbs within each pair are laterally spaced so as to define an outwardly pointing obtuse angle.

2. The necktie hanger as defined in claim 1, wherein said retaining means has the form of a plate member with folded lateral portions forming said carrying means, said limbs have angularly bent terminal portions retained by said carrying means in an at least partly rotatable but 7 3. The necktie .hanger as defined in claim 2, wherein said staked projections register with the edges of said cut-' outs.

4. The necktie hanger as defined in claim 1, wherein said limbs have substantially horizontal upper portions retained by said carrying means in a partly rotatable but non-removable manner, substantially vertical outer portions attached to said upper portions, bottom portions following said outer portions, and upwardly directed inner portions attached to said bottom portions, the distance between said outer and said inner portions being wide enough to accommodate the neckties therebetween.

5. The necktie hanger as defined in claim 4, wherein said inner portions are shorter than and run substantially parallel with said outer portions.

6. The necktie hanger as defined in claim 4, wherein said outer, said bottom and said inner portions of the limbs are all in one plane with respect to which said upper portions define an acute angle so that said inner portions are spaced apart from said retaining means in an outward direction. I I

7. A necktie hanger as defined in claim 6, wherein said acute angle is of the order of 20 degrees, and wherein said carrying means are in the form of sleeves for said upper limb portions, the sleeves for the limbs of the same pair being rectilinearly disposed.

8. A necktie hanger comprising, in combination, attaching means for suspending the hanger on a horizontal rod and the like, two pairs of substantially parallel, generally vertical limbs for carrying each a plurality of neckties and the like pieces of garment in superposed relation, and retaining means rotatably secured to said attaching means and including means for individually and pivotally carrying said limbs, wherein said retaining means have the form of a plate member with folded lateral portions forming said carrying means, said limbs have angularly bent terminal portions retained by said carrying means in an at least partly rotatable but non-removable man'ne'n:

said lateral portions define cut-outs therebetween, said terminal limb portions are provided with at least one staked projection each, the latter being allowed a limited angular movement in said cut-outs, and wherein the distance of said staked projections from the respective ends of said terminal limb portions is substantially half the length of said cut-outs.

9. The necktie hanger as defined in claim 8, wherein the direction of said staked projections is substantially perpendicular to the general direction of said limbs, and wherein said angular movement is about 60 degrees.

10. A necktie hanger comprising, in combination, .attaching means for suspending the hanger on a horizontal rod and the like, two pairs of substantially parallel, generally vertical limbs for carrying each a plurality of neckties and the like pieces of garment in superposed relation, and retaining means rotatably secured to said attaching means and including means for individually and piv-.

otally carrying said limbs, wherein the latter have substantially horizontal upper portions retained by said carrying means in a partly rotatable but non-removable manner, substantially vertical outer portions attached to said upper portions, bottom portions following said outer portions, upwardly directed inner portions attached to said bottom portions, and intermediate portions between said bottom and said inner portions, said inner portions being shorter than and running substantially parallel with said outer portions, adjacent inner portions in each pair of said limbs being substantially parallel so as to allow the neckties to be placed therearound, the distance between said outer and said inner portions being wide enough to accommodate the neckties therebetween.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Villemure 211119 Bolten et a1.

Ludwig 2111 18 Van Dusen 2111 18 Van Dusen 211-119 Lester 211116 10 ROY D. FRAZIER, Primary Examiner. 

